What sort of changes or adaptations is necessary to use hearing aids?
First, you need to understand that it is not possible for hearing aids to completely restore your hearing to normal. What hearing aids can do are enhancing sound and thus allow you to hear better. Since hearing loss is gradual, over the years you may have become unaccustomed to normal environmental sounds such as traffic noise, the hum of a refrigerator or air conditioner, nature sounds, or background conversation. Therefore, when you begin to wear a hearing aid, it is necessary to re-educate your brain to practice selective listening and to learn once again to choose only those sounds which you wish to hear while ignoring the rest. It is important that you wear your hearing aids as much as possible. This is the best way for you to get used to the hearing aids and the way they work. This also helps you to become more skilled at recognizing sound direction and using visual clues in difficulty hearing environments. Patience is the key. Your friends and family can be very helpful in the w
